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TVET colleges located in district and rural areas can play a role in training and skilling people to protect their communities against the destruction of climate change events.
ARTICLE

TVET colleges can help municipalities weather climate change

There is an opportunity to re-imagine colleges that are responsive and relevant

  • Helga Jansen Daugbjerg
4 min read
File photo by Paul Botes/M&G
EDUCATION

Tackling the disconnect between colleges and communities

A blueprint for strengthening the power of TVET education to grow society and the economy

  • Helga Jansen Daugbjerg
6 min read
Teaching with interactive white boards as pupils record notes on their tablets on January 13, 2015 at Boitumelong Secondary School in Tembisa. (Photo by Gallo Images / The Times / Moeletsi Mabe)
ACTIVATE

Now is the time for true innovation in education and the economy

Because of the government’s indecisiveness, we have missed the boat on charting new territory for learning

  • Helga Jansen Daugbjerg
5 min read
Job seekers: Investing in human development is essential to lifting the economy. One way to do this is for technical colleges to have 21st-century curricula. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)
COUNTRY

We must invest in technical colleges

An outdated national development plan will help sink South Africa’s economic prospects if youth development is not prioritised

  • Helga Jansen Daugbjerg
5 min read